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Personal info

Full name
SHEMPREN, Eugene Howard
Date of birth
28 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Fullerton, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13097542
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Gunner
Unit
670th Bombardment Squadron,
416th Bombardment Group, Light
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
8,5 Miles SW of Sézanne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 46

Immediate family

Members
Frank Shempren (father)
Irene (Kratzer) Shempren (mother)
Roy E. Shempren (brother)
Frank Shempren (brother)
Henry Shempren (brother)
Dorothy Shempren (sister)
Arlene Shempren (sister)
Anna McNally (fiancé)

Plane data

Serial number
41-39196
Data
Type: A-26B
Destination: Area Sézanne, France
Mission: Training
MACR: Not available

More information

Sgt Eugene H. Shempren, also known as Eugene H. Semprini, graduated from Allentown High School.

He joined the Regular Army in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 4 January 1943.

Pilot and crew were on a local formation training flight when bad weather moved in. Lt. Leishman's plane was last seen near Sézanne, flying very low. He had evidently been trying to let down through the overcast. The plane was in a 30-degree dive when Lt. Leishman struck a large tree while making an instrument descent. The pilot and his two gunners, Sergeants Joseph F. Siracusa and Eugene H. Shempren, were killed in the crash.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII,
http://www.416th.com/Memorials/670-LeishmanSamuel_Memorial.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Melanie S